Ms. Farge is the Spanish teacher here at SMS. Some of her students spent this semester writing and illustrating a book for their final project. Here is what we found out.
Question: What is the book called?
Ms. Farge: “The title of the book is ‘Cuentos de Hadas’ because it is a collection of stories about fairies.”
Q: Why was writing a book important?
Ms. Farge, Spanish teacher: The book is about creative writing in Spanish. They learned to practice the writing process in Spanish and how to write a fairy tale. They also practiced writing in the future tense and the perfect tense in Spanish.
Q: What are some learning strategies your students used?
Ms. Farge: “We used AVID, WICOR, and STEAM strategies. We also used graphic organizers such as bubble maps to organize ideas.”
Q: How long did it take to finish the book?
Ms. Farge: “The book took about four weeks to finish.
Question: How do you feel about writing the book?
Margarita Munoz, eighth grader: “I enjoyed it because I got to write the book.”
Szac Ceballos, eighth grader: “I felt good and I had to think a lot .”
Amy Martinez, eighth grader: “I felt good about it.”
Kayla Salinas, eighth grader: “It was very exciting and proud of this journey.”
Leonardo Castillo, eighth grader: “I feel very accomplished and very proud.”
Axel Cruz, eighth grader: “It felt good.:
Question: What was it like to make a book in Spanish class?
Margarita: “It was interesting because I got to learn new things.”
Amy: “It was fun to make it.”
Layla: “I had a good experience and I liked improving my Spanish writing.”
Leonardo: “It was a long process but I found it productive.”
Question: What part did you do?
Margarita: “I illustrated some of the drawings.”
Szac: “I wrote part of the book and traced.”
Leonardo: “In the book I did the writing.”
Ryan: “I did the drawings.”
Question: What was your favorite part of writing the book?
Kayla: “The best part was having an opportunity to write this book.”
Axel: “My favorite part was drawing.”
Margarita: “My favorite part was writing the book because it was fun.”
Amy: “My favorite part was working with my friends and making something great.”
